Explanation

[JR12]

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[soundedlikeastrike]

U2 stayed right with it, so "he saw" and called INT, rung up both, so was thinking intentional.

Not sure why he caved into non-intentional.

Though he should have been signaling Time right away, he never did.

I believe he'd of gotten two, had he killed adamantly.

We'll never know how much of the contact he saw compared to slo-mo, but R1 did push the glove arm back and do a little grabbing.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by soundedlikeastrike

U2 stayed right with it, so "he saw" and called INT, rung up both, so was thinking intentional.

Not sure why he caved into non-intentional.

Though he should have been signaling Time right away, he never did.

I believe he'd of gotten two, had he killed adamantly.

We'll never know how much of the contact he saw compared to slo-mo, but R1 did push the glove arm back and do a little grabbing.

Even if intentional, the intent was not to break up a (non-existent) double play, but to avoid the out at first.

Proper call.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Matt

Even if intentional, the intent was not to break up a (non-existent) double play, but to avoid the out at first.

Proper call.

Agree. Spann was safe at second, so what DP was he trying to break up? I think U2 wanted to invoke that ruling, but then realized the error of his ways when he was reminded that R1 was safe.

[soundedlikeastrike]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Agree. Spann was safe at second, so what DP was he trying to break up? I think U2 wanted to invoke that ruling, but then realized the error of his ways when he was reminded that R1 was safe.

That would be a perfect reason to cave...

[JJ]

Hmmm. I thought we weren't supposed to judge intentional or unintentional...it's either interference or not. It's one thing to say "He's out for interfering" and another to say "..but because it's unintentional the other guy is safe".
This wouldn't happen in NCAA - it would be a FPSR infraction and a double play.

JJ